PAGE approached Mr. Ebrahim Hashim for
interview on corporate social responsibility. While talking to PAGE, he
explained the following CSR steps taken by Mehran Group of Industries.

EDUCATION AND WE:

We are actively participating for the
reforms of the countrymen and we strongly believe that "education is the only
way to prosperity". To promote the education we have been engaged in following
activities:

DAWOOD MEMORIAL SCHOOL, MSM COLONY,
TANDO ALLAHYAR

* Established in year: 13-December-1998
* Total Male Students in DMS: 363
* Total Female Students in DMS: 193
* Total Students Enrolled in DMS: 556
* Classes in DMS: From Nursery to Tenth
* Total Scholarships awarded: 58 students
* Scholarship Amount: Rs8930 per month for 58 Students

* Sector offices of Cane Department are
educating peoples of District Tando Allahyar and vicinity areas regarding the
new research and technologies in the field of agriculture related to sugarcane
crop.

* Currently, MSM has 19 sector offices
that are imparting education.

* Mr. David Chamberlin, a UK-Based
Agriculture Expert, is hired for Agri expertise and awareness regarding the PEST
Control. The visit was focused to identify the existing Cane Varieties in Tando
Allahyar in particular and in Sindh general. In addition to the inspection of
existing varieties, they introduced new cane varieties in the area in
association with Mehran Sugar Mills Limited, Tando Allahyar.

* A school has been constructed and
donated to The City Foundation (TCF) at Pyaro Lund with total expenses of Rs11
million.

* Agricultures, educational and
managerial seminars organized by MSM for the awareness of the growers/employees.
These seminars are addressed by specialists of their fields including Sindh
Agriculture University, Tando Allahyar and Agricultural University Faisalabad,
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro and University
of Karachi.

* Adult Literacy Centre is functional
in DMS and currently 25 female students are enrolled. All students are given
Rs250 as stipend per month.

* An adult literacy centre will be
opened in "Village Bahar Mirjat" in Taluka Jhando Marri, District Tando Allahyar.
(In Pipeline)

* In this ALC, 20 female students will
be educated to read and write their names and know the numeration.

* Targeting of 10 ALCs in District
Tando Allahyar, educating more or less 200 female students. (In Pipeline)

Mehran Group of Industries: Education
and Literacy Status & Plan

GLIMPSE AT DISTRICT TANDO ALLAHYAR1

SR NO

TALUKA / TOWN

UNION COUNCILS

NO. OF DEHS

POPULATION

POPULATION

MALE

FEMALE

1

Tando Allahyar

8

30

280,182

145,695

134,487

2

Chambar

5

29

170,226

88,518

81,709

3

Jhando Mari

6

37

184,592

95,988

88,604

Grand Total

19

96

635,000

330,200

304,800

SR NO

TALUKA / TOWN

LITERACY (POPULATION)

LITERACY RATIO

MALE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

1

Tando Allahyar

84,503

45,726

58%

34%

2

Chambar

45,144

23,695

51%

29%

3

Jhando Mari

46,074

22,151

48%

25%

Grand Total

175,721

91,572

52%

29%

SR NO

TALUKA / TOWN

URBAN/RURAL POPULATION

URBAN/RURAL PERCENTAGE

URBAN

RURAL

URBAN

RURAL

1

Tando Allahyar

100,000

180,182

36%

64%

2

Chambar

0

170,226

0%

100%

3

Jhando Mari

0

184,592

0%

100%

Grand Total

100,000

535,000

12%

88%

.

REFORMS FOR IMPROVING WOMEN EDUCATION
IN DISTRICT TANDO ALLAHYAR

Tando Allahyar District has 19 union
councils and 96 revenue villages (Dehs) in total. It consists of three Talukas
viz. Tando Allahyar, Chambar and Jhando Mari. District Tando Allahyar has a
population of 635,000.

For the improvement of women education,
that is currently 29 per cent, following steps should be taken.

MSM can assist the activities
in terms of finance and human resources.

3

Identification of learning
center and hiring of competent teacher

.

Will be charted out after
finalization of program with INGOs/NGOs.

4

Registration of students and
provision of books to the students (Sindhi: Pehriyoon Qaedo)

.

Expected Admissions: 20 Women
Students in One Learning Center

5

Completion of first batch
within 6 - months

.

-do-

6

Repetition of Action # 4 and 5

.

-do-

TENTATIVE COST FOR LEARNING CENTER

SR. NO

DESCRIPTION OF COST

COST/
UNIT

TOTAL UNITS

TOTAL COST

REMARKS

1

6-Months Salary of Female
Teacher (Min. Qual. : Inter Pass)

N.A

N.A

Rs42000

Rs7,000 Per Month Salary

2

Provision of Books (Pehriyoon
Qaedo + Writing Books)

300

20

Rs6000

.

3

Examination Material

20

20

Rs400

.

4

Miscellaneous Expenses
(Coordination with Education Department etc.)

N.A

N.A

Rs2000

.

Projected Total Cost

50,400

.

Note: * Cost of furniture,
utilities, and bills is excluded from above cost.

COURSE OUTLINE

Initially, numeration and Sindhi
Alphabet will be taught to the students, so that they can write and read their
names and papers and identify numbers.

RECOMMENDATION

1. At
pilot basis, it is recommended that only one learning centre may be opened as to
have experience and working knowledge of the learning center. On acceding your
permission, and consultation with INGOs/NGOs (Apperox Time: 10 Days), the
decision of opening of learning center will be finalized and communicated to
your good self.

2. It
is recommended that we should utilize our existing buildings, i.e. DMS, TCF
School and in the villages Mosque Schools for Male Adult Literacy and Otaaq as
well as NGO/Government Schools for female adult literacy program.

3.
Rs500 per head and per month is recommended initially to allure adults for
literacy program.